President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday relieved the Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, of his appointment.
Indication that Jonathan might have sacked Abdullahi first emerged when the President was assigning portfolios to the 11 new ministers who took their oath of office at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa shortly before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting.
Jonathan shocked those in attendance who thought the new ministers would be assigned to only ministries without ministers when he announced that the new Rivers State nominee in the cabinet, Dr. Tamuno Danagogo, would take over from Abdullahi.
Jonathan also said he would by next week name a new set of ministers who would occupy the current vacant positions in the cabinet.
The new ministers and their portfolios, according to the President, are – Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, Minister of State Defence; Mohammed Wakil, Minister of State Power; Alhaji Abduljelili Adesiyan, Minister of Police Affairs; and Ambassador Aminu Wali, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Others are, Mrs. Akon Eyakenyi, Minister of Housing, Land and Urban Development; Lawrencia Laraba Mallam, Minister of Environment; Hajia Asabe Asmau Ahmed, Minister of State Agriculture; Gen. Aliyu Gusau, Minister of Defence; Boni Haruna, Minister of Youth Development; and Dr. Khaliru Alhassan, Minister of State, Health.
Jonathan told the new ministers to see themselves as the servants of the people and therefore be willing to serve and listen to them at all times.
Describing public office as a public trust, the President urged the ministers to add value to whatever they have been asked to do.
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